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It was one thing to accept nothingness for oneself, but never possible to do the same for those in whom one had recognized the reflection of the beautiful snd the good, those whom one had loved.

Men don’t easily believe in humanity; but the thing a man resigns himself to even less easily than dying is killing truth in himself.

Almost the greatest good a doctor can do is to speak a word of kindness. There is hardly any other profession where the human heart is laid so entirely bare.

Very confusedly she felt that here was a force, a power, which might overturn everything and transfigure her whole life, if she let devotion and love for this imbecile waken in her. And she feared that, as people often fear what would save them.

He thought of Micheline again and of the part he played in her life. It’s odd, he reflected, how can one implant and develop virtues and purity in a human being one loves, without having them oneself.

Guerran, an atheist who was not happy about being so, sent his daughter to a convent.